Total pages in book: 96
Estimated words: 92232 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 461(@200wpm)___ 369(@250wpm)___ 307(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 92232 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 461(@200wpm)___ 369(@250wpm)___ 307(@300wpm)
Sparks fill the air from their swords as they collide. The sound of battle surrounds me. I watch with bated breath as Kendrick moves swiftly like this is second nature to him.
I don’t want to look away, but I feel in the pit of my stomach I need to set eyes on the bishop. I turn and find him. He has my father by the hair. Whispering in his ear.
My stomach drops. Time seems to come to a stop. I strain as if I can manage to hear what he’s saying.
“You’re useless to me now. You sold your soul for what, Ricci? I told you not to disappoint me.”
“Fuck you, cocksucker,” Daddy growls.
I gasp as I’m able to hear their words. My eyes widen because I know my dad is in danger. I can’t let this happen.
I hold my hands out and call for my power. It begins to course through me. The strangest thing happens as I start to pull in the tornado surrounding me.
I go with it. Thrusting my palm downward, wind blows up at me as I sail to the ground beneath me. I land on one knee, my palm slamming into the ground and shaking everything around me.
The concrete beneath my knee and palm cracks and ripples until it stops in front of the bishop and my dad. I look into my father’s eyes and his face goes from shocked to proud.
I love you, he mouths.
I stand and call for my bow and arrow. They form in my palms. I go to pull and release a shot between the bishop’s eyes. My brows knit as blood slips from my father’s mouth.
I drop my gaze lower and see the blade that’s running through his chest. It takes a few beats before what’s happening registers. The bow and arrow dissolve from my hands.
My father’s body falls to the ground lifelessly, like a period on a sentence. Bringing finality to the situation.
“No,” I roar. The word comes up from my toes and pours out of me like a shock wave. The bishop vanishes before he can be knocked back with the force of it like the others in its path.
Strong arms wrap around me. I know it’s Kendrick right away. I can’t. This is too much.
“Venus,” I whimper.
“That was all you, Ray. You did well. I did not see the blade either. You did well,” she says weakly.
Depleted
Anger fills me as I walk these city streets tonight. I hate that I have to claim another so soon. However, that battle has weakened me.
Still, I have fared better than my brothers. Our numbers have been depleted. That abomination and his friends surprised us. Although, the girl was the real shock and blow to our numbers.
She wiped out our men with but a word. A single word and she brought the battle to an end. I still can’t believe what I witnessed.
If not for the bishop grabbing me on his way out, I wouldn’t have made it. I bare my teeth in anger. Good men were lost. Only three of my brothers remain. Because they were out on another assignment.
Those we lost answered the call to serve the cause and now they’re gone. Their life force was extended for a purpose, but they won’t see the day when we complete the mission. It is a shame.
“You shouldn’t be out alone at this time of night,” I whisper in the blonde’s ear as I cover her mouth with my hand.
She tries to struggle, but it’s futile. She will not break free and she won’t get away. Her life is needed for a greater cause.
She’s in the right place at the right time to be a part of history. This is an honor. I will do right by her sacrifice.
The unnatural witch will pay. All of them will pay. I won’t stop until they do.
Devastated Mate
I’m so angry with Ray, but I’m also proud of her. My heart hurts for her loss. I might not have liked Ricci, but he meant something to his daughter.
“Is there anything we can do, brother?” Dagger asks.
“Not right now. I will let you know if I need anything,” I say as I carry Ray to our room.
She hasn’t said a word since we left the warehouse. My mate is devastated. I wish I had the power to turn back time for her.
I can hear her blaming herself for this. She thinks she could have saved him if she was faster. Ricci wasn’t up against an ordinary human or a low-level super.
To be honest, I think he got what he deserved. He lured her there for those bastards. There’s no telling what they would have done if I hadn’t gotten there.
Even if she did move faster, this would have been his fate. I was going to kill him myself as soon as the ring was returned. Those hunters and their leader did me a favor.